As the concept of the Second Story Garage developed, it became clear that a recording studio in a newsroom was going to look, well, downright drab.

So we decided to ask our visiting musicians to bring a little something-something to help dress up the place. And let's just say these folks have more creative tendencies than their music.

Here's a sampling:

Vox Machina came to the Garage bearing this ratty-looking doll head and a
Mister Mister vinyl record. Which do you think is weirder?
(Daily Camera)

The Yawpers brought us this American flag, which was draped over a large man in jean shorts as he rollerbladed around Boulder in the video for their song Silicone Love. The speed-limit sign was something a Garage staffer just, uh, happened upon.
(Daily Camera)

Singer Jaden Carlson gave us this picture she drew from a novel she s writing.
(Daily Camera)

Lightning has 5A state title aspirations once againIt was the only home plate the Legacy varsity softball field had ever known, and there it was last Saturday, in its tattered state, dug out of the playing surface and relegated to a lonely, unused existence. Full Story

The Boulder alt-country band gives its EPs names such as Death and Resurrection, and its songs bear the mark of hard truths and sin. But the punk energy behind the playing, and the sense that it's all in good fun, make it OK to dance to a song like "Death." Full Story